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coolerthanthou(x-posted this from my Tumblr)
Dear Grampa,
This letter would serve as a letter of appreciation from me to you since I never got the chance to thank you, in person, for everything that you’ve done for me, and of course, your existence in my life.
I couldn’t have the chance to tell you all these is cus I didn’t think that you’ld leave us so soon and when you’re getting more and more sickly, I was way too busy with school and everything else that comes along with it and when I finally got the chance to talk to you, you couldn’t even get out of bed nor could you recognize anyone of us. I would thank you earlier if I knew what the hell is going to happen but then again, I would be not be able to think the way I am right now and to thank you in proper - the way I would want to thank you and everything else.
I really want to thank you for bringing me up when I was young even though I had to watch chinese operas, eat peanuts, preserved dates and drink chinese tea with you all the time. I guess that’s how I’ve learnt my self-proclaimed fluent Teochew apart from communicating with you and also the ability to take all those teochew way of life when I’m just only a kid.
I want to thank you for holding my little hand, teaching me how to write my name in both languages when I came home crying because I didn’t know how to write my name and especially when I know that you didn’t know the slightest bit of english. I never knew how you managed, but you did. Thank you so much.
And you teaching me how to ride a bicycle too. All those times we spent together at the void deck, me falling and crying, you holding on to the back of my bike’s seat while I cycled, and until to the moment when I can finally balance myself on the bike. It was awesome. I had fun and it was all thanks to you and no one else.
Thank you for those what seemed endless icecream treats and you sending me to school every morning until I was primary four. The times that you would send me lunch during recess time and I would shoo you away cus I don’t want you to watch me eat with my friends. I’m sorry if that hurts you. Please pardon my ignorance. I would give anything for you to watch me eat again.
Oh, and you bringing me to the playgrounds to watch me play, too. You know I liked and still do like to play with the swings. You would always help to push me to make me swing higher on the swing. Until I shout and scream to come down. Haha.
Those were the carefree days and I realized that they were all spent with you.
How to not miss you every single day? )’:
Thank you so much for everything;
Thank you so much for being my Grampa. I wouldn’t want anyone else.
And I would still give anything to see you again, and do everything that I want with you for the last time, tell you everything that I want to say face to face, and even though you can’t be here to see what I’ve promised you, I still want to prove things to you, and still want you to be there, on my wedding day.
Please be sure to watch me as I work my best to complete and achieve those promises that I’ve promised you. You know that I wouldn’t do empty promises like what that asshole did to me, and I hope you’ld be proud of me, up there.
I love you, and I know that your love for me have never been gone even though you’re not physically here with me to let me know and feel it.
I love you.
And I miss you horribly, Grampa.
With all my heart,
Jia jia.
Dear Grampa,
This letter would serve as a letter of appreciation from me to you since I never got the chance to thank you, in person, for everything that you’ve done for me, and of course, your existence in my life.
I couldn’t have the chance to tell you all these is cus I didn’t think that you’ld leave us so soon and when you’re getting more and more sickly, I was way too busy with school and everything else that comes along with it and when I finally got the chance to talk to you, you couldn’t even get out of bed nor could you recognize anyone of us. I would thank you earlier if I knew what the hell is going to happen but then again, I would be not be able to think the way I am right now and to thank you in proper - the way I would want to thank you and everything else.
I really want to thank you for bringing me up when I was young even though I had to watch chinese operas, eat peanuts, preserved dates and drink chinese tea with you all the time. I guess that’s how I’ve learnt my self-proclaimed fluent Teochew apart from communicating with you and also the ability to take all those teochew way of life when I’m just only a kid.
I want to thank you for holding my little hand, teaching me how to write my name in both languages when I came home crying because I didn’t know how to write my name and especially when I know that you didn’t know the slightest bit of english. I never knew how you managed, but you did. Thank you so much.
And you teaching me how to ride a bicycle too. All those times we spent together at the void deck, me falling and crying, you holding on to the back of my bike’s seat while I cycled, and until to the moment when I can finally balance myself on the bike. It was awesome. I had fun and it was all thanks to you and no one else.
Thank you for those what seemed endless icecream treats and you sending me to school every morning until I was primary four. The times that you would send me lunch during recess time and I would shoo you away cus I don’t want you to watch me eat with my friends. I’m sorry if that hurts you. Please pardon my ignorance. I would give anything for you to watch me eat again.
Oh, and you bringing me to the playgrounds to watch me play, too. You know I liked and still do like to play with the swings. You would always help to push me to make me swing higher on the swing. Until I shout and scream to come down. Haha.
Those were the carefree days and I realized that they were all spent with you.
How to not miss you every single day? )’:
Thank you so much for everything;
Thank you so much for being my Grampa. I wouldn’t want anyone else.
And I would still give anything to see you again, and do everything that I want with you for the last time, tell you everything that I want to say face to face, and even though you can’t be here to see what I’ve promised you, I still want to prove things to you, and still want you to be there, on my wedding day.
Please be sure to watch me as I work my best to complete and achieve those promises that I’ve promised you. You know that I wouldn’t do empty promises like what that asshole did to me, and I hope you’ld be proud of me, up there.
I love you, and I know that your love for me have never been gone even though you’re not physically here with me to let me know and feel it.
I love you.
And I miss you horribly, Grampa.
With all my heart,
Jia jia.
